Art Institute of Chicago
Warrior Fragments
Nasca
- Date
- 100 BCE-200 CE
- Medium
- Cotton, simple looping ground; wool (camelid) cross-knit looping and cross-knit loop stitch embroidery
- Culture
- Peru
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Although small in scale, these figures--likely fragments from a border attached to the edge of a solid-colored plain woven textile--potently convey the Nazca worldview. All but one appears as a warrior in elaborate costume. The unadorned figure wears only a loincloth and has an inverted head and partially exposed ribcage, details that indicate that he is a captive intended for sacrifice. The Nazca offered blood, the most sacred substance of life, to honor the supernatural forces governing the natural world, thus insuring good weather and a good harvest.
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- Object type
- AAT300014063
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